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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of John Joseph Phipps of Waukegan, who 
4passed away on May 9, 2014; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, John Phipps was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana in 
61932 to Albertus and Velma Phipps; he earned his Bachelor of 
7Science in Industrial Engineering from the Case Institute of 
8Technology in 1955 and married Mary Lou that same year; and
  
 
9    WHEREAS, John Phipps was a licensed professional engineer, 
10spending most of his career at the Boeing Company and Abbott 
11Laboratories; he retired from Abbott in 1993; and
  
 
12    WHEREAS, John Phipps was an Elder and Trustee at First 
13Presbyterian Church in Waukegan; he enjoyed playing bridge and 
14golf and working on rehabbing his 135-year old house; each 
15winter he and his wife traveled to Gulf Shores, Alabama; and
  
 
16    WHEREAS, John Phipps was preceded in death by his father, 
17Albertus Phipps; mother, Velma Phipps (nee Watson); and his 
18sisters, Phyllis Hoffman and Alice Sultz; and
  
 
19    WHEREAS, John Phipps is survived by his wife of 58 years, 
20Mary Lou Phipps (nee Hall); his daughters, Patricia Woertz 
 
 
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1(Gary Woertz), Pamela Bullock (Charles Bullock); one son, Alan 
2Phipps (Kathleen Hill); 10 grandchildren, Amy Thayer (Matthew 
3Thayer, Jeremy Woertz, Daniel Bullock, Joanna Dorsey (Mitchell 
4Dorsey), Karen Bullock, Ian Phipps, Nathan Phipps, Eleanor 
5Woertz, Hannah Phipps, and Maura Phipps; 3 
6great-grandchildren, Levi Woertz, Harper Dorsey, and Madison 
7Dorsey; and numerous nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
  
 
8    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL 
9ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
10John Joseph Phipps, and extend our sincere condolences to his 
11family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it 
12further
  
 
13    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
14presented to the family of John Phipps as an expression of our 
15deepest sympathy.